Can I get a wha what? It’s in Willamette Week here. After a discussion about this real smart illegal alien kid we come to the Oregon legislative response to his ability to afford college. To which we learn:

“With the help of newly elected state Rep. Ben Cannon, a Democrat who respresents the Franklin High area, the Oregon Students of Color Coalition[say what?] plans to introduce legislation in the next session that, if approved, would grant undocumented immigrants eligibility for enrollment at public universities and in state tuition rates. House Speaker-to-be-Jeff Merkley says, “There’s a great case to be made for this legislation because we all benefit if each individual succeeds to their full potential.”

Left on the cutting room floor, of course, is the taxpayers’ response to such an effort. It is, of course, the tax payers who subsidize the tuition of in state students.
And we should subsidize illegal aliens because????
I love the last line of the story. It’s from the kid’s mother who states:

“We are responsible for him bing a criminal. Don’t care about us, but care about him.”